bobNkamille
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SO i have been planning on making some jewelry for a while now and found some really cool ways of making beads like this one
You will need
1] Water bottle, or some kind of hard plastic that you can easily cut
2] a pair of cutting implements [like scissors]
3] Needle nose Pliers, Tweezers, something like that [it'd be good to have an extra on hand]
4]Colors [if you want to make them colorful]
5]Heat gun, or if you are ghetto like me, a lighter
Cut the bottom and tops off the water bottle [I use the the bottoms to put the made beads in, and the top as a little water jug, so that after I melt the plastic, I can dip it in the cold water, and it will harden faster and stronger]
Then you cut the water bottle, either horizontal, or vertical, depending on whether you want a thick bead, or an easier bead [because some water bottles have those strata like structures, if you cut those into the strips, it makes it easier to twist around the pliers].
Next, you color the inside of the strip of plastic [or you can get a strip of paper that is shorter and smaller in width and turn it upside=down into the inside of the strip of plastic]
then grip the very end with your pliers [or the end and the paper>make sure they are lined up. and start twisting the plastic around the pliers.
Keep hold of the wound plastic tightly and take the tweasers out, then grip the bead from the hole in the middle, and the top near where the plastic ends.
Take the heat gun, and aim AWAY from anyone, and blast the plastic until the end has molded in itself into the rest of the bead. [If you have an extra pair of pliers on hands, you can shape the drying plastic to make sure the holes are circular and stay open.
Let dry or dip it in some cold water, and then you've got your first bead
You will need
1] Water bottle, or some kind of hard plastic that you can easily cut
2] a pair of cutting implements [like scissors]
3] Needle nose Pliers, Tweezers, something like that [it'd be good to have an extra on hand]
4]Colors [if you want to make them colorful]
5]Heat gun, or if you are ghetto like me, a lighter
Cut the bottom and tops off the water bottle [I use the the bottoms to put the made beads in, and the top as a little water jug, so that after I melt the plastic, I can dip it in the cold water, and it will harden faster and stronger]
Then you cut the water bottle, either horizontal, or vertical, depending on whether you want a thick bead, or an easier bead [because some water bottles have those strata like structures, if you cut those into the strips, it makes it easier to twist around the pliers].
Next, you color the inside of the strip of plastic [or you can get a strip of paper that is shorter and smaller in width and turn it upside=down into the inside of the strip of plastic]
then grip the very end with your pliers [or the end and the paper>make sure they are lined up. and start twisting the plastic around the pliers.
Keep hold of the wound plastic tightly and take the tweasers out, then grip the bead from the hole in the middle, and the top near where the plastic ends.
Take the heat gun, and aim AWAY from anyone, and blast the plastic until the end has molded in itself into the rest of the bead. [If you have an extra pair of pliers on hands, you can shape the drying plastic to make sure the holes are circular and stay open.
Let dry or dip it in some cold water, and then you've got your first bead
